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Maayteh: Syrian refugee camps in Jordan overflow.

Amman, Aug 26 (Petra) -- State Minister for Media Affairs and Communications and Official Government Spokesperson Samih Maayteh said on Sunday that an influx of Syrian refugees into the Kingdom had sent refugee refugee, one who leaves one's native land either because of expulsion or to escape persecution. The legal problem of accepting refugees is discussed under asylum; this article considers only mass dislocations and the organizations that help refugees.  camps overflowing o·ver·flow  
v. o·ver·flowed, o·ver·flow·ing, o·ver·flows

v.intr.
1. To flow or run over the top, brim, or banks.

2. To be filled beyond capacity, as a container or waterway.

3.
, noting that 2,329 refugees had arrived in the Kingdom Saturday night.

He said the growing number of Syrians fleeing the war in their country had stretched the camps that had been recently set up to accommodate them.

Jordan, he added, would carry out its humanitarian duty towards the displaced displaced

see displacement.
 people whose growing numbers had put additional burdens on resources, noting that all concerned bodies were doing their utmost to secure basic needs and protection for them.

On Thursday night, 2,324 Syrian refugees had cross the country, while more than 6,000 had entered over the Eid Al Fitr holiday.

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